Creating the Slip Yoke Part and Connections
You create the slip yoke part and connect it to the front and rear propshaft.
You first create a construction frame located at the end of the front propshaft and pointing rearwards. Then, you create connections between the slip yoke and the front and rear propshaft parts. You also create a constant velocity joint between the slip yoke and the front propshaft, and a translational joint between the slip yoke and the rear propshaft.
To create a construction frame:
1. Create the construction frame:
■Construction Frame: propshaft_intermediate
■Type: single
■Location Dependency: Delta location from coordinate
■Coordinate Reference: hps_propshaft_intermediate
■Location: 0,0,0
■Location in: local
■Orientation Dependency: Orient axis to point
■Coordinate Reference: cfs_mid_rear_propshaft
■Axis: Z
2. Select OK.
To build the yoke slip part:
1. From the Build menu, point to Parts, point to General Part, and then select New.
2. Create the yoke slip part:
■General Part: slip_yoke
■Type: single
■Location Dependency: Delta location from coordinate
■Coordinate Reference: cfs_propshaft_intermediate
■Location: 0,0,0
■Location Dependency: Delta orientation from coordinate
■Construction Frame: cfs_propshaft_intermediate
■Orientation: 0,0,0
■Mass: 1
■Ixx: 1
■Iyy: 1
■Izz: 1
3. Select OK.
To build the yoke slip geometry:
1. From the Build menu, point to Geometry, point to Cylinder, and then select New.
2. Create the yoke slip geometry:
■Cylinder Name: slip_yoke
■General Part: ges_slip_yoke
■Construction Frame: cfs_propshaft_intermediate
■Radius: 50
■Length In Positive Z: 60
■Length In Negative Z: 0
■Color: dark gray
3. Select OK.
To create the joints:
1. Create the first joint:
■Joint Name: slipyoke_to_front_propshaft
■I Part: ges_slip_yoke
■J Part: ges_front_propshaft_2
■Type: single
■Joint Type: convel
■Active: always
■Location Dependency: Delta location from coordinate
■Coordinate Reference: cfs_propshaft_intermediate
■Location: 0,0,0
■I-Part Axis: cfs_mid_front_propshaft
■J-Part Axis: cfs_mid_rear_propshaft
2. Select Apply.
3. Create the second joint using the same specifications used for the first joint, except for:
■Joint Name: slipyoke_to_rear_propshaft
■J Part: ges_rear_propshaft_1
■Joint Type: translational
■Orientation Dependency: Delta orientation from coordinate
■Construction Frame: cfs_propshaft_intermediate
■Orientation: 0,0,0
4. Select OK.
5. Save your work.